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By NRA Staff
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has released its annual forecast of the elk population in North America. This state-by-state compilation is a must read for anyone who has an elk tag for this season or is looking for an elk hotspot for the future. Elk used to live across this continent, but, as you can see from the map below, these days you are most likely to find them in the western states and provinces.
A mild winter, spring and summer precipitation and successful habitat conservation are all breeding optimism for the upcoming hunting season for the RMEF. However, wolves are a concern in more than a few sections of elk country. According to the RMEF, elk calf survival rates are now insufficient to sustain herds for the future. The urgent need to control wolf populations is a localized wildlife management crisis now compounded by a recent court decision to return wolves to full federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
“Generally speaking, elk populations are in great shape and hunters have much to look forward to across the West, as well as in several Midwestern and Eastern states,” said David Allen, president and CEO of the Elk Foundation.
To see these forecasts in their entirety, with links to respective elk regulations or other resources, visit http://www.rmef.org/. But, for now, we’ve compiled the condensed version into an interactive map. Click here to view the map.
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The Hunting Report has learned that the Canadian Province of Labrador has suspended sport-hunting of barren-ground caribou this season until further notice. (Subscribers following me on Twitter already heard the news.) The reason is the results of a caribou population survey conducted this past July. The preliminary results show a “continued and serious decline” in the population of the George River caribou herd, which migrates through Labrador and northern Quebec. Although Labrador has stopped sport-hunting for caribou this season, Quebec’s season will continue as usual. While some of Quebec’s caribou hunting targets the George River herd, much of the hunting there is also for the Leaf River caribou herd.
The exact results of the population survey for the George River herd will not be available until sometime in October, although officials in Labrador expect an update on the harvest management plan sometime this month. Until then, and depending on the findings, hunting by all non-Aboriginal people is suspended in Labrador. In Quebec, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Fauna (MRNF) says biologists also tried to survey the Leaf River herd, but their efforts were foiled by conditions that failed to herd those animals together, making it impossible to count them. If conditions prevent biologists from completing the survey of the Leaf River herd this year, they will have to postpone it until 2011. Wildlife management authorities in Quebec are in the process of drawing up a barren-ground caribou management plan that will extend through 2019. They are awaiting the results of these latest surveys to complete that plan.
For now, it is business as usual in Quebec as far as the caribou hunting goes. In fact, hunting is taking place as you read this, and we hear there is some success. Until the results of the surveys are finalized, there is no way to know what action Labrador and Quebec wildlife managers will take regarding next season. Caribou populations across the Arctic are in decline. We have reported extensively on this in Newfoundland and Northwest Territories. But the consensus is that neither sport-hunting nor subsistence hunting are contributing factors to that decline. The Hunting Report will continue to follow this situation. See a more detailed report in an upcoming issue. – Barbara Crown, Editor
About Global Sporting Safaris, Inc.
Global Sporting Safaris, Inc. is a Full-Service Hunting Booking Agency located in Casper, Wyoming and established in 1991. We have a staff of 7 Hunting Consultants and Fishing Travel Agents with a combined 175 years of experience. We specialize in Africa Hunting Safaris, New Zealand Hunting and Argentina Hunting. Global Sporting Safaris invests time, effort and financial resources in developing our hunting trips with a constant eye on the quality and professional services they offer.